Social Science Scientist Cards

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Futurists explore a range of possible desireable future situations.  Futures develop foresight - insignt into how and why the future could be different from today - and use foresight to make better decisions today.

• M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University 
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• As an archaeologist, I study past human activity (historic and prehistoric) through the scientific recovery and analysis of material culture, like artifacts and ecofacts.

• Ph.D., Rutgers University 
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Human geographers study how people interact with places.  With my focus on nature and geography, I examine the relationships between humans and the environment.  I'm particularly interested in the construction of nature in cities and the role of people and organizations in stewardship of the urban environment.

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Environmental economics uses economic concepts to study natural resources and the environment.  Within this broad area of study, I am interested in peoples' preferences and hw people make trade-offs related to the environment. 

• Ph.D., Stanford University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Anthropology is the study of people and their culture in both the past and present.  My focus is environmental anthropology, which is the study of human relations with the natural environment. 

• Ph.D., North Carolina State University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A social scientist studies people's values, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes (VOBAs).  The social sciences include economics, anthropology, and a number of other disciplines, each of which has its own background and approaches to studying VOBAs.

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A forester/social scientist studies how people and communities use, manage, and think about their forests and sustainability.

• Ph.D., University of New Mexico
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• As an economist, I study how humans use the environment for goods and services.  I also study the value people place on natural resources and processes.

• Ph.D., Rutgers University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Geography includes many different things like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and maps.  However, one important focus of geography is the relationship between people and nature - how human beings and their activities affect nature and how nature affects human beings.

• Ph.D., University of Michigan
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A research social scientist studies the relationships between people and the environment.

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• Ph.D., Purdue University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist 
• A social scientist in the USDA Forest Service studies what people think and do in relation to natural recources and the environment.

• Ph.D., North Carolina State University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A forest economist seeks to understand human decisions that impact forests.

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• Ph.D., Yale University 
• USDA Forest Service Scientist 
• A sociologist studies the relationships among people's behavior and social institutions, rules, and organizations. 

• M.A., California State University, Bakersfield 
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Archeology is the study of history and the period before written history, known as prehistory, using artifacts and other physical objects. 

• Ph. D., Florida A&M University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A biological scientist explores the interaction between the natural systems (e.g. living and nonliving) and humans.

• Ph.D., University of Georgia
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A natural resource sociologist looks at humans and their relationship to the natural world.

• Ph.D., University of Washington
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• An urban health scientist studies how urban environments affect the health of people living in urban areas.

• Ph.D., The University of Washington
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Social science includes various academic disciplines that study people and human society including sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and economics.

• Ph.D., Duke University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A forest economist uses the tools of economic analysis to study the interactions between people and forests relating to forest conservation and management.

• Ph.D., University of Maryland
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Oikos is the Greek root word for "household."  It is also the root of the word "economy" and "ecology!"  Good managment of the economy, and ecology, is like good management of a household.

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• Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
• USDA Forest Service Scientist 
• Environmental economist study the interaction between people and nature. My research includes people's preferences towards nature, the value they place on nature, and how environmental changes affect people's preferences and values.

• Ph.D., University of Arizona
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A forester / anthropologist studies the diversity of ways that people talk about, value, and use trees and forests.

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• Ph.D., University of Maryland
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• An urban forest ecologist studies the interactions between trees, people, and their environment in the city. 

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• Ph.D., Columbia University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• A social scientist studies people including individuals, groups, and organizations.

• Ph.D., University of Wyoming
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Environmental economists study the way people interact with nature.  This research includes how people value nature, how they respond to changes in the environment, and what policies can be used to protect the environment. 

• Ph.D., University of Montana
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• As a resource economist and computer modeler, I study how people choose to use and manage forests and natural resources.  This enables us to predict how people may use those resources in the future. 

• B.A., Grinnell College
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• As an archaeologist, I work with partners, volunteers, and tribes to survey, record, protect, interpret, and preserve places where people once lived. 

• M.S., North Carolina State University
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• As a social scientist, I study the ways that landowners and natural resources specialists interact with scientific information.  I help scientists and tool developers improve their communications and products.

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota 
• USDA Forest Service Scientist
• Environmental social scientists study a wide variety of topics involving people, society, and their interactions with the environment.  My work focuses on how people experience and value nature in their everyday lives.